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With all the confusion about the death of Michael Jackson, you would have thought this would come out, but everyone was afraid of publicity or got some cash under the table at the morgue.
My name is Roger Mckindle and I was new to my job but was there when the coroner did the work on Michael Jackson.
I don't want to bother with the details because they are grisly but not after seeing a lot o...

Wisconsin man Elliot Holmes experienced his own personal Super Bowl blackout during Sunday's big game and is wondering "what the hell happened?" after waking up in a pool of vomit and urine, his trousers down to his ankles and his dog whimpering in a...

Beyonce blew a fuse. Other speculation centers on one of her dancers tripping over a cord plugged into the central arena socket.
Not since 18 minutes disappeared off of President Richard Nixon's Dictaphone has there been such an egregious mystery.

New Orleans, Louisiana -- The 35-minute power failure at this year's Super Bowl was intentionally planned, according to US military officials, who revealed today that the outage was a failed test of a new Defense Department strategy.
Called "Tu...

A funny thing happened on the way to our 2012 world ending solar storm, local blackouts and satellite and cellular service interruption has forced people to actually speak to each other face to face, learn to help out a neighbor running short on cand...

The UK Freeview channel, Dave, is to go dark in support of Wikipedia, by broadcasting nothing but information on the anti-piracy bills currently under debate in the American Senate.
"I know American laws shouldn't affect us," said channel co-ordin...

During the heavy winds that battered the British Isles a fallen tree fell on the main power line that transfers power to the small Surrey town of Dorking cutting the small Surrey town of Dorking off from the power grid and leaving the small Surrey to...

We recently spoke with an expert about the new Blackout Law that is being introduced in Congress.
The new law is aimed at making sure that United States citizens can no longer own, go to, or even remotely talk about, websites that support online p...

Washington, DC/ Department of Energy Emergency Bulletin - Officials have traced the cause of a nationwide 'Blackout' of all power sources to a disgruntled Middle American who said he took drastic action against the government after every single TV pr...

Paris Hilton is angry about her recent media blackout. Since shortly after her release from prison, several international news agencies have refused to carry stories about the socialite for at least one month.

Los Angeles - Most of downtown Los Angeles was blacked out today after a behemoth fuse blew at a Los Angeles Power and Light transmission facility . An American-born member of Al-Quaida reportedly blew a fuse after his videotaped communique' t...

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